Three
faculty
members
have
been
awarded
the
2018
Faculty
of
Mathematics
Golden
Jubilee
Research
Excellence
Award.
Jason
Bell,
Luke
Postle,
Daniel
Vogel
are
each
awarded
$2,500.
This
honour
is
conferred
to
early
or
mid-career
faculty
members
who
have
made
outstanding
research
contributions,
was
established
in
2017
to
mark
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Faculty
of
Mathematics.
The
award
is
based
on
the
quality
of
a
candidate’s
research
over
the
past
five
years
or
for
an
influential
paper
published
within
the
past
five
years
as
assessed
through
its
quality
and
impact.
The
three
winners
will
receive
their
awards
in
the
fall
at
the
annual
Faculty
Reception.
“Congratulations
to
the
awardees,”
said
Raouf
Boutaba,
associate
dean,
research.
“Our
faculty
owes
much
of
its
reputation
to
the
scholarly
accomplishments
of
its
professors.
All
three
awardees
have
made
exceptional
contributions
to
their
fields."
Bell,
a
professor
in
the
Department
of
Pure
Mathematics,
has
published
about
a
wide
range
of
mathematics
including
algebra,
combinatorics,
number
theory
and
dynamics,
with
15
papers
in
2017.
His
most
recent
work
is
a
joint
project
on
the
growth
of
algebras
with
Efim
Zelmanov,
a
Fields
Medal
winner.
A
member
of
the
Department
of
Combinatorics
and
Optimization,
Postle’s
research
in
structural
graph
theory,
has
earned
him
a
strong
international
reputation
through
his
use
of
a
very
broad
and
innovative
range
of
tools
to
solve
old
and
deep
problems
in
combinatorics.
Postle
has
made
significant
contributions
to
important
and
long-standing
open
problems
in
graph
colouring.
An
Associate
Professor
with
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science,
Vogel’s
research
focuses
on
human-computer
interaction
in
combination
with
computer
graphics
and
visual
art
to
develop
better
experiences
for
people
using
computers.
Vogel
is
a
member
of
the
Human-Computer
Interaction
Research
Group.
